GRE Word List
AVOCATION
a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby
The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |